Determiner

Maltese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

ngħata

Mandarin

Romanization

ta (Zhuyin˙ㄊㄚ)

Nonstandard spelling of tā.

Nonstandard spelling of tá.

Nonstandard spelling of tǎ.

Nonstandard spelling of tà.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

See also

TA

Manx

Alternative forms

t’ (apocopic)

Etymology

From Old Irishat·tá, from Proto-Celtic*ad-tāyeti (compare Welshtaw(“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-(“stand”)

Verb

ta

present indicative independent of bee

Mezquital Otomi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Otomi*ta, from Proto-Otomian*ta.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tá/, /tà/

Noun

ta

father

Synonyms

dada

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tǎ/

Noun

tǎ

a male animal

an intact(not castrated) male animal

Derived terms

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High Germantag, from Old High Germantag, from Proto-West Germanic*dag, from Proto-Germanic*dagaz(“day”). Cognate with GermanTag, Englishday.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology

Pronoun

ta • (咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

(archaic, now literary) I; me

we; us

Usage notes

It is a good idea to use ta to translate the English "generic you(anyone)". Also compare Frenchon(“we/us; one; you”).

ta(“I; me”) is now only used especially in literary or translation works, to convey hostility between the characters, as alternatives (such as tao) may sound awkward or too rough, especially if the age difference between characters is significant (one translation, such as that of Beyblade, may use tao for conversations between children of about the same age, but ta if there is such a difference). It is used in conjunction with mi(informal) or ngươi(formal) for "you".

Synonyms

tôi; tui

min

tao; tau

See also

ngươi; mi(“you”)

mình(“I; me; we; us”)

Adjective

ta • (咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

(informal) "our", Vietnamese, as opposed to Tây(“Western”), Tàu(“Chinese”) or Xiêm(“Siamese”)

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ta/

Preposition

ta

against, opposed to, contrary to

Derived terms

taan

Welsh

Etymology

Derived ultimately from bynnag(“-ever”). Initially, bynnag began preceding rather than following the word it qualfied, so beth bynnag(“whatever”) became bynnagbeth. A sound change meant bynnag started to be pronounced as gynnag, whereupon the phrase was reanalysed as gannag, a southern colloquial form of gannad, literally "since (that) not". The inconsistency of this phrase being negative in structure but affirmative in meaning led nag(“that not”) to be replaced with correspoinding affirmative taw(“that”), so gannagbeth became gantawbeth. The initial gan was subsequently dropped and the pronunciation of taw /tau̯/ reduced to ta /ta/ as is common in the south, leaving such forms as ta beth(“whatever”).

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